Resell or Revive?

I know everyone loves a great Revive, I sure do! But here at R Furniture Project sometimes we like to pass the project on to someone else. When the garage gets to crowded or we can't decide on a direction for a piece we Resell it. That was the plan with this Lane Cedar Chest. 

It was such a great piece and we could see the potential. However, it was listed for about a month with no interest. So when inspiration hit we pulled the ad and took it to the garage for a Revive. It turned out great! 

Or so we thought. We re-listed it on Craigslist and another month with no interest. So we put it to use at the foot of our bed holding shoes. It was serving a purpose so we were not to rushed to sell it 

until......... 

John brought home this Cedar Chest. We listed it and after about a week I get a call asking about the Cedar Chest on Craiglist. I arrange a time for the buyer to come take a look. At this point I had forgot about the grey chest and assumed she was here for the newly listed chest. When she walked in the door and didn't go directly to the chest it hit me! She's here for the grey chest, Wahoo! I show her the grey chest, she gives me the money and we finally load up the grey chest to go to its new home. With one chest gone it seems we have run into the same problem with the newly acquired chest as it sits, with no interest, for a month on Craigslist. So we wonder, do we patiently wait for the Resell or is it time to pull this one for a Revive? 

We know this one will not be grey, I promise we do use other colors. John is thinking Fire Engine Red or Blue to be used in a kids room. What do you think? I would love to hear your feed back. 

6 Drawer Gray Dresser

I promised you my favorite revive project to date and here it is! I think this dresser turned out just perfect! We painted this in our favorite gray, highlighted the details with some white paint to make them really stand out and added vintage gray ceramic knobs. I thought this was the sweetest dresser ever. The size was perfect and our vision for the piece came together.

Now take a look at how this piece looked before. When John found this piece it was painted a dark blue with baseball knobs. 

This piece was a win win for us. We got a great piece to sell and we need baseball knobs for a project we have in the works.

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R Furniture Project

Here at R Furniture Project we love finding an old piece of furniture and giving it a new look. We call it a "Revive"! Sometimes the pieces are in need of a little repair, but more often we find great pieces that are just a little outdated. Our goal is to embrace the flaws in a piece we think they add charm and character.

We list most of our furniture for resell locally and I love meeting the people that come out to buy our pieces. That is one of the reasons for starting this blog, to stay connected to our customers.

Another fun thing we like to do here at R Furniture Project is re-purpose. How many of you find a piece while thrifting and wonder what is that? Or I love that but what can I use it for? Re-purposing is a great way to save money and gain new appreciation for things you have grown tired of.

Well there you have it! R Furniture Project is our place to share the furniture we revive, re-purpose and resell. I will be back tomorrow with our favorite Revive project to date.